This morning, the reduced 6-boats' VOR fleet - the damaged 'Vestas' is underway to New Zealand by cargo ship - departed from Hong Kong to the 6th leg over 6'500nm to Auckland. Again, the tricky doldrums, the Equator, have to be crossed with the unpredictable wind situation.
This morning, 'AkzoNobel' with Simeon Tienpont NED and 'Brunel' with Bouwe Bekking NED were jointly in the lead. Light winds are prevailing and the VOR65s are sailing at about 10kn.
The race viewer, the news and the video of the start.